OUR CANALS AND RAILROADS.; A Plea in Behalf of the Roads.

To the Editor of the New-York Times. Having read the article of your correspondent " Looker-on from New-York," dated " Mansion House, Buffalo," on "Railroad and Canal Matters," I ask the privilege of a reply, especially as that article does great injustice to the railroads of New-York, and is well calculated to seriously injure the carrying trade of the State. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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